419 scam: "Teo Lim"<admin@domelecc.cn> INVESTMENT/PARTNERSHIP

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Teo Lim" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cunsumerteo@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 04:41:53 -0500
Subject: INVESTMENT/PARTNERSHIP

Dear Sir/Ma,

My name is Teo Lim, trained and working as an Account Officer for the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS). As regard this project, I had taken pains to find your contact through personal endeavors.

I write to contact you about a Foreigner who died here in Singapore,Twenty-two years ago leaving behind an estate/ capital(US$12.8M with interest) here in Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) where I work till date, but nobody has come forward or put an application for the claim. I feel it is very important I include the websites of the unfortunate incident for you to view, which claimed the life of the late investor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Hotel_New_World

http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_783__2009-01-02.html

Waiting to hear back from you soon if you are willing to be my partner oin this venture.

Regards and God bless
Teo

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